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Bribery definition

What does Bribery mean? Bribery describes the offering, promising, giving, requesting, agreeing to receive or accepting a financial or other advantage to induce or reward the improper performance of a function or to influence a person in a position of trust. In England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, bribery is principally governed by the Bribery Act 2010, which consolidated and reformed the law. It creates offences of active and passive bribery (sections 1–2), bribery of a foreign public official (section 6), and the corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery by associated persons (section 7), with a statutory defence of having adequate procedures....

Bribery Act 2010: Territorial Application, Concurrent Jurisdiction and SFO–COPFS Primacy (including Corporate Self‑Reporting) between Scotland and the Rest of the UK

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Practice notes

Bribery Act 2010—territorial application

The Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) permits a selection of forum where elements of an offence arise within one or more parts of the UK and/or where the unlawful conduct occurs outside the UK, although in some instances this hinges on a close UK nexus. For further detail, see Practice Note: Jurisdiction in respect of allegations of bribery. In outline, the territorial reach for prosecuting offences is defined by BA 2010, s 12.

Alleged offences under BA 2010, ss 1, 2 and 6 are to be tried in England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, according to whether any act or omission constituting a component of the offence takes place in that jurisdiction (BA 2010, s 12(1)). Where the bribery happens overseas and no act or omission occurs within the UK, but the individual who performed the bribe is subject to BA 2010, proceedings may nonetheless be commenced at any location within the UK...

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Tom Stocker

Pinsent Masons

Tom is a partner in Pinsent Masons' corporate crime and investigations team and he leads the firm's offering in Scotland. He is an expert in bribery, fraud, money laundering, modern slavery and international trade sanctions. Tom is ranked in band 1 for corporate crime, fraud and investigations by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners....

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